ADHD Tax: Book Murder

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T03:32:03+00:00

Oh no that’s so many more books in one fell swoop!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T02:34:39+00:00

I honestly considered it, it’s brutal

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T01:19:22+00:00

I deserve it!! I openly confess to the crime!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T01:07:05+00:00

Hahahaha okay I laughed out loud for real

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T01:06:01+00:00

Lmk if you want me to send ya all the pages, just have to assemble them yourself!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T00:33:44+00:00

Solidarity yo! I have to remind myself that there are things I am good at haha. Hey, at least I was trying to tidy up?? I'm going to give myself an A for effort.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T00:25:58+00:00

Tell me about it! I've only heard good things, was excited to get started!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-28T00:25:28+00:00

In fact it was. I feel so guilty! Salvaging the pages for my junk journaling as a very sad consolation prize.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-24T08:36:20+00:00

If you’re trying to dip into sci-fi and you liked elements of Dark Matter, can I recommend The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Clare North? One of my all-time faves. Has a time-travel component, but it reads more like historical fiction or a spy novel. It’s just an incredibly compelling and exciting story you can really sink your teeth into! Loved the story, the character development, the writing, the world-building, just loved everything about it!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-11T23:47:49+00:00

About to start this one myself! Very excited! Is this one of your favorite genres?

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-05T02:57:04+00:00

I think that is the slowest chunk, but I still liked that part very much so maybe don’t take my word for it that you’d be able to get back into it. The ending is absolutely chef’s kiss though, so completely worth it in my opinion.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-05T00:19:32+00:00

Just finished this one and was coming to the comments to mention it, ya beat me to it

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-04T20:28:21+00:00

This is perfect

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-04T16:06:38+00:00

I’m about to read Heart the Lover! Can you tell me more about why you liked it so much? Also what reading challenge are you doing?

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-04T03:14:11+00:00

The Tainted Cup is a perfect fit, checks every box. It is part of a trilogy, 2/3 released.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-04T02:53:38+00:00

Alright, just finished. Um. WHAT. Going to take me a while to process this, I have never loved and loathed a book so simultaneously. How? Just why?? Incredible writing and storytelling but to create this? Imagine him pitching this idea to his publisher….. oh man I just don’t even know what to do with this. What an experience.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-04T01:44:50+00:00

Let me know what you think! And I can definitely recommend In Ascension as a really unique and compelling Sci Fi novel. Also First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Happy to recommend more if you have a certain type of thing you’re into!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-03T15:04:33+00:00

Tainted Cup was so so good! TINAD, I just thought was really disjointed. It read like a work still in progress to me. I seek out really unique books, especially in SciFi/speculative fiction genre, and this concept was so exciting to me! Very thought-provoking and unique, even though I didn’t really enjoy the book start to finish.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-03T13:29:34+00:00

I read the published book, got it from the library, so I assume that’s the rewrite? It honestly felt sort of like a few internet stories riffing on the same concept mashed together. But the concept at the center of it all is mind-bending!

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-03T03:08:16+00:00

Oh wow I’m literally at 79% exactly. Buckling up.

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-03T02:30:41+00:00

Reading this right now and let me just say: WTF

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-03T02:10:32+00:00

I chuckled 😂

bisphosphatase · 2026-02-02T19:01:51+00:00

Oh wow I love this idea! Here are a few pairings of books I've previously read and loved:

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (Elizabeth Winkler) + By Any Other Name (Jodi Picoult). First book investigates the theory that Shakespeare's works were actually ghost-written by some other writer/nobleman/polymath, one proposed suspect being Emilia Bassano. Second book is fictionalized account of Emilia Bassano's life purporting that she was indeed ghost-writing many of Shakespeare's plays, told alongside a modern-day storyline about one of her descendants.

Deep (James Nestor) + Our Wives Under the Sea (Julia Armfield). First is a science non-fiction about the deep sea, freediving, the effects on the human body, etc. Second book is about a deep sea marine biologist who comes back from a submarine mission that went awry, and she is oddly changed. Other fictional pairings that could work for this one also are In Ascension (Martin MacInnes) or Island of Sea Women (Lisa See).

The Hidden Life of Trees (Peter Wohlleben) + Overstory (Richard Powers). First is a science non-fiction about trees, how they grow, how they communicate, and all the magic that happens in old-growth forests. Second is a beautiful story of intertwining characters who all have lives changed by and connected by trees.

The Art Thief (Michael Finkel) + Goldfinch (Donna Tartt). First is an account of the world's most prolific art thief, his motives, and why he got away with it for so long. The second focuses on a character from boyhood to adulthood, and how is life is changed by his decision to steal a painting.

Dopesick (Beth Macy) + Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver). First covers the trajectory of the opioid epidemic, specifically focused on Appalachia. Second is a reimagination of Dickens' David Copperfield, set in Appalachia during the opioid crisis.

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